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The dire conditions that brought waves of Cubans to the US in the 1980s and 1990s are again escalating on the communist island, provoked by Trump-era sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Children and families have been fleeing to the US in rising numbers for nearly a decade. So why is the current situation at the US-Mexico border being viewed as something new?
Unaccompanied minors pose a humanitarian challenge for Biden, as they did for Trump and Obama. There are no quick fixes to child migration and many vexing complications, says an immigration scholar.
Luck and tenacity paid off for some 15,000 migrants who may now pursue their asylum cases in the US But nearly 42,000 cases filed from Mexico under a Trump-era rule were already rejected.
COVID-19 has created new hardships for migrants while giving the Trump administration an excuse to further restrict asylum as public attention focuses on the pandemic.
Government policies and dangerous conditions affect the ability of researchers working on both sides of the US-Mexico border to conduct scientific fieldwork.
The U.S. wanted to use the coronavirus pandemic as a reason to send the military to its northern border. The idea is part of America’s desire to “Mexicanize” the world’s longest undefended border.
The US may be in sight from the border towns of Sonora, Mexico, but the trip is far from over. Cartels control the desert territory that divides the two countries – and no one gets through for free.
Many want to come to the United States, as an asylee, a migrant or a citizen. But those journeys have become more complicated.
Trump officials plan to send asylum seekers from the US to El Salvador while their claims are processed. That would expose these vulnerable people to grave dangers, says a political violence expert.
Asylum-seekers will now be prevented from applying for asylum in the United States if they could have pursued asylum in another country first.
The volume of migration to the US from Mexico dropped 53% between 2003 and 2017.
Immigrant children could remain indefinitely in federal detention if courts allow the Trump administration to ditch a landmark agreement that has protected migrant children for decades.
Americans have never felt warmer toward immigrants, nor have they ever been more supportive of immigration.
Data released under FOIA shows that ICE is encountering more US citizens and more women.
The conviction of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, who evaded justice in Mexico, is a win for US officials. But it’s a pyrrhic victory in the war on drugs.
Demographers have figured out a simple and effective way to estimate the number of unauthorized immigrants – even without information on citizenship.
Trump has expanded and escalated the most punitive policies he inherited from his predecessors.
Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Professor, History and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Human Security, American University School of International Service
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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Joe and Teresa Endowed Chair in Social Sciences, Tarleton State University, Tarleton State University
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Lecturer and Teacher, Department of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney